Bottle carriers



March 14, 1961 D. LEvKoFF BOTTLE CARRIERS 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 23, 1957 BYDavid /Nlff @77% arng/ March 14, 1961 D. LEVKOFF 2,974,827

BOTTLE CARRIERS Filed Aug. 23, 1957 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

David Levkoff fi7 March 14, 1961 D. LEvKoFF BOTTLE CARRIERS 3 Sheets-Shes?l 3 Filed Aug. 25, 1957 4 ing R. m m m David Levkoff BY y United States Patent i i BOTI'LE CARRIERS David Levkotf, 8 Linford Road, Great Neck, N.Y., as-

signor of one-fourth to Evelyn S. Levkol, one-fourth to Henry S. Levkoif, and one-fourth to Edith L. Sennet, all of Great Neck, N.Y.

Filed Aug. 23, 1957, Ser. No. 679,827

1 Claim. (Cl. 220--113) This invention relates to bottle carriers, and more particularly to those in carton form, and preferably, but not necessarily, composed of a single piece of cardboard stock and cut, folded `and glued to form a sturdy, strong carrier capable of carrying a number of bottles and withstanding the hard usage to which these articles are subjected.

It is an object of the invention to provide a carrier f this type which can be readily fabricated from a single piece of cardboard; which can be distributed in a attened or knock-down form for convenience in shipping and storage, and which when erected, will provide a sturdy container.

It is another object of the invention to provide, in a carton of this type, separating means for the bottles to thereby avoid contact between the same and noise or clatter resulting therefrom, when the lled carrier is transported. lt is an object of the invention to provide reinforcing means for the container, so located that sag or descent of the bottom of the carrier will be resisted. lt is an object of the invention to provide reinforcing means for the handle portion of the carrier, enabling the same to withstand rough handling without breakage.

It is an object of the invention to provide a carrier so constructed that the gluing operations are easily performed; the assembly and usage of the carton simplified, and the utility of the carrier materially increased.

With these, and other objects to be hereinafter `set forth in view, l have devised the arrangement of parts to be described and more particularly pointed out in the claim appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein an illustrative embodiment of the invention is disclosed,

Fig. 1 is a face view of the blank from which the carrier is made, looking at the inner face of the same;

Fig. 2 is a view of the opposite, or outer face, of the blank;

Fig. 3 is a view of the blank, showing one of the steps in its folding operation;

Fig. 4 shows the blank after another folding loperation has been performed;

Fig. 5 shows the blank completely folded and glued, and in the flattened form in which it is delivered to the user; Y

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view through the erected carrier, taken substantially on the line 6 6 of Fig. l0, iooking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the carrier;

Fig. 8 is a detail view, showing how the bottom-reinforcing web folds into space between the bottom and one of the end walls:

Fig. 9 is a top plan view of the carrier, and

Fig. l0 is a sectional view, taken substantially on the line y1li-10 of Fig. 7, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the drawings, and more particularly to Figs. l and 2 wherein the one-piece cardboard blank is shown, 1 generally indicates the blank, and 2 and 3 indicate respectively, the side walls of the carrier. The side wall 2 is provided with the three spaced, parallel, longitudinally-extending slits indicated respectively at 4, S and 6, resulting in the production of the two partition strips 3 and 11. When the blank is folded on the score lines indicated at 7, 9 and 10, these partition strips becorne extended at right angles to the side wall 2, as shown in Fig. 7, and serve as separators between the bottles. Similarly, the side wall 3 is provided with three slit-s shown at 4a, 5a and 6a, resulting in the production of the partition strips y8a and 11a which, when folded on the lines 7a, 9a and 16a, produce the separators for the opposite side of the carrier, as clearly seen in Fig. 9. Through this arrangement six bottle compartments are provided in the holder. The side wall 2 is provided in its upper area with a hand-hole 12 and ap 14 and is also formed at the top with a sealing ap `4i), provided on its inner face with the adhesive coating 41. The side wall 3 is provided in its upper area with the hand-hole 13 and ap 14, these elements corresponding to the similar elements 12 and 14 in the side wall 2.

Situated between the side walls 2 and 3 are the two co-operating end-wall sections indicated respectively at 17 and 18, separated by the fold line 16, and having their outer limits defined by the fold lines 1G and 10a.

It is to be noted that the slits d and 4a extend upwardly to meet the fold line 16 at different points along said line.

One end of the side wall 3 is defined by a fold line 2e and located between said fold line and an adjacent foid line 28 is an end-wall section 27 which co-operates with another end wall section located at the opposite end of the blank, and indicated at 44, to form the second end wall of the carrier. The panel shown at 29,

' and located adjacent to one end of the blank, is a central partition member which extends down the central iine of the carrier and forms a separating wall between the two rows of bottles in the carriers. The partition member or panel 29 is provided with a hand-hole 31 and a central slot 3G, the purpose of the latter slot being to allow access to the areas indicated at 32 and 33 by glue-applying rollers to coat these areas with glue as indicated in Fig. 1. At the same time, the opposite side or outer face of the blank is coated with glue in the areas indicated at 52 and S3 by other glue-applying rollers. At the lower end of the partition member 29, adjacent to the fold line 23 is formed a notch 38 and a lug 39, these parts constituting a lock for one end of the bottom of the carrier in a manner to be described.

At one end or the partition member 29 is provided a sealing iiap 35 which is divided or split as shown at 36 in a manner to clear the upwardly-extending part of slit 4, as seen in Fig. 3, when the blank is folded during the gluing operation. The inner face of the sealing ap 35 is glue-coated as indicated at 37 in Fig. l. The fold line 34 located between one end of the partition member 29 and ap 34 enables the flap to be folded as required in the assembly and use of the carrier.

At the opposite end of the blank isprovided the endwall section 44 separated from the side wall 2 by the fold line 43 and beyond the end wall section 44 and separated therefrom by the fold line 47, is a sealing ap 48, which has its outer face glue-coated as indicated at 55 in Fig. 2, and is provided adjacent to its lower end with the notch `45 and lug 46, these latter parts corresponding to those shown at 38 and 39 and being adhesively secured thereto and co-operating therewith.

The side wall 3 is provided at its lower end with a bottom-wall section 21 which is folded on the score line 20, and the side wall 2 is formed at its lower end with a bottom-wall section 22, foldable on the score line 19, and provided with a sealing-flap 24 foldable on the score line 23 and provided on its inner face with the glue area 25. At the lower end of the end-wall section 44 is provided a web 49, which is located between said end of the endwall section 44 and one end of the bottom-wall vsection 22. Said web 49 is slit inwardly from one edge,

as indicated `at 50, and from the inner termination of said slit and the junction point between the sections 22 and 44 is a diagonal score line 51. At 42 is sho-wn a handle-reinforcement in the form of a strip `foldable inwardly on line 9 in a manner to cause it to lie between the tab parts 14 and 15 and thicken and reinforce these areas of the carrying handle.

By reference to Figs. 3, 4 and 5, the manner in which the blank is folded and glued will be readily understood. It will be noted in Fig. 3, that the reinforcing strip 42 has been folded inwardly on the line 9 to cause it to lie flatly against the part of the wall 2 above the upper part of the tab 14. End section 44 has been folded inwardly on fold line 43 Iand its upper end portion overlies the strip 42. Partition member 29 has been folded inwardlyY on the score line 26 so that it overlies side wall 3 and the sealing flap 35 has its glue-bearing face 37 brought into contact with the end wall section 17 and is adhesively attached thereto adjacent to the fold line 16, so that fold lines 16 and 34 are now located one upon the other.

'Ilhe next step in the folding and gluing operaation is shown in Fig. 4, wherein it will be seen that the blank has been folded on the overlying fold lines 16 and 34 in a manner to bring the partition member 29 between the two non-overlying side walls 2 and 3. This brings the glue-bearing surface 55 on sealing ap 48, into adhesive contact with the partition member 29 in the area ad- Vjacent to the score line 28. At the same time, the bottom wall section 21 is brought into facial contact with the bottom wall section 22. Fap 40 is now downturned to adhesively attach it across the top of side wall 3 and confine the reinforcing strip 42 between the upper areas of the walls 2 and 3 above the tabs 14 and 15. Flap 24 is upwardly folded on the score line 23 to bring its glue area 25 against the outer face of the bottom-wall section 21 land become adhesively attached thereto.

When the last-mentioned folding operation of the bottom-wall sections is performed, it will be noted that the web 49 becomes disposed between the bottom of the carrier and its end wall 44. When the carrier is opened or erected, and which operation is performed by merely applying manual pressure against the opposite ends of the flattened carrier of Fig. 5, the bottom-Wall sections 21 and 22 fold upwardly on their respective fold lines 20 and 19, while the web 49 folds or breaks on the diagonal fold line 51 in cca-operation with the slit 50 as shown in Fig. 8, ina manner to locate the web within the carton and against the bottom of the same as clearly shown in Figs. 6, 9, `and l0. The web thus located serves as a reinforcement for this end of the carrier and tends to prevent downward sag yor droop of the carrier under the weight of the bottles contained therein. The weight of a bottle on top of the folded web prevents the 'opening or spread of the web necessary to allow descent 'of the bottom of the carrier.

When the blank is folded and glued in the manner herein described, it will be seen that the notch 38 and its lug 39 are brought into Contact with the similar notch 45 and lug `46 and are adhesively attached thereto by means of the glue surface on the flap 49 of which the Vlug 46 forms a part. As a result there is provided at one end of the carrier at the bottom thereof, a lock in the form of the notches 38 and 45 into which the end of the bottom walls ts 'and is held against sagging.

The carrier in the flattened form in which it is sold to the user is shown in Fig. 5. When manual pressure is imposed on the opposite ends of the flattened carrier, the same will fold on lines 10 and 10a, to bring end-wall sections 17 and 18 together in a manner to cooperate in forming a continuous end wall surface. At the opposite end of the carrier, the same will fold on the lines 28, 47, 26 yand 43 to bring the end-wall sections 27 and 44 into the same plane to form the second end wall of the carrier. The folding of the carrier on the lines 7, 7a, 9, 9a, 10 4and 10a, will bring the partition strips into their operative, bottle-separating position, substantially as shown in Fig. 7.

The carrier constructed as above described, will be found strong and sturdy and capable of hard use. The central partition member tends to keep the bottles from contact. The reinforced handle provides a strong carrier, and the reinforcing web strongly resists sag of the bottom under the weight of the contents.

Having described a single embodiment of the invention, it is obvious that the sarne is not to be restricted thereto, but is broad enough to cover all structures coming within the scope of the annexed claim.

What I claim is:

In a blank for forming a partitioned bottle carrier, a sheet member provided with a pair of spaced, transversely-extending score lines dening an area between them for a side wall of the carton, said area being provided at a lower end with a scored flap extension constituting a bottom Iclosure ap -for the carton, said area being provided near an opposite edge with a hand-hole and provided with a Iplurality of spaced slits, one of which extends from one of the transverse score lines to a point substantially at the center of said area, a second of the` score lines having a second slit extending from it to the center of said area, the last of the slits being centrally positioned between the two first-mentioned slits and having its ends terminating short Of the transverse score lines, a wing extending from one of the score lines and being transversely scored to divide it into a central partition member and an end wall section, the central partition member being provided with a hand-hole near one edge and being notched at its opposite edge and having a slot extending from the notch to a point near the hand-hole, a gummed area extending from the end of the slot to the adjacent edge of the central panel, van angularly slotted fastening strip at one lend of the central partition member, a second side wall extending from the second score line, said second side wall having a handhole near its upper edge and a narrow flap above the hand-hole for downward fold to provide reinforcement above the hand-hole, said second side wall being slitted in the manner of the rst side wall and being provided at its lower end with a scored flap extension forming a bottom closure ap for the carton, the second side wall having yan extension vfoldable to vform an yend wall, and ahandle reinforcing strip extending from one end of the second side wall and shaped to clear the hand-holes when it is lfolded to overlie the second side wall.

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